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More and more body armor isn't the answer.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: More and more body armor isn't the answer.(Commentary)

Article Excerpt
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Bud Lang For The Register-Guard

Many Americans have been complaining about a so-called lack of proper body armor for our troops fighting on foreign soil, especially in Iraq, and the high casualty rate that seemingly is the result. Evidently in response, the Pentagon announced (Register-Guard, Jan. 12) that it would be sending 230,000 side-protecting armor inserts to Iraq.

A better solution would be to interdict the weaponry that makes body armor necessary in the first place.

Many of our soldiers have been balking at the thought of having to wear more armor. Why? American fighting men and women are burdened with carrying not only large backpacks, but fighting under conditions most have never experienced. They...

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